Manicuring machine



Patented Got. 5, 19.26.

EDWARD-W. wnrrnrrnah, or,n'osaoia,'reessecirUsnT'rs. I

'IMAll'ICUBING T/ZAOHIN'E.

Application filed March 22, 192a. Serial no; 96,479.

My invention relates to manicuring machines and 1ts ob ect 1s to provide a simple machine for use in manicuring parlors and elsewhere for rapidly polishing the finger 'nails. The machine may be readily combined with any suitable coin-controlled ap paratus for use in the dressing rooms of dance halls and the like so that the patron can operate the machine by depositing a "coin and polish his own finger nails without the aid of a manicurist.

With the foregoing object in view my invention comprises essentially a motor of any suitable type such as an electric motor provided with one of the usual speed-controlled devices, a polishing wheel actuated by the motor and a finger shield consisting in the preferred form of a sheet of celluloid or other translucent material provided with an aperture approximating in size and shape a finger nail, the said shield being placed between the polishing wheel and the finger, the nail of which is to be treated.

An illustrative embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a manicuring machine embodying my invention; and

Figure 2 is a plan view of one form of finger shield that may be used in connection with said machine.

In the particular drawings selected for more fully disclosing my invention, 10 is a base of any suitable form supported by frame work 11 and carrying a motor 12 herein shown as an electric motor connected with a suitable. source of power such-as the ordinary house lighting system through a rheostat 18 or to the speed-governing apparatus.

Mounted on the shaft let of said motor is a polishing or buffing wheel 15 which may consist as shown of discs of cloth compressed by the nut 16 between the washer 17 and shoulder 18 on said shaft. I

A finger shield 19 is attached to the frame 2O which in turn is secured to the end of the frame work supporting the base 10, said shield consisting of a sheet of material, preferably translucent material such as celluloid, provided with an aperture 21 which approximates in size and shape the finger nail to be treated.

A finger rest, such as shown herein at 22, may be arranged beneath the shield and in the present instance said rest is adjustable vertically by the screw 23 on the stand ard 2a which in turn is attached to the base of the finger shield bracket. It is to be understood, however, that saidfinger rest is not an essential feature of my invention,

and also that the finger shield is not necessarily secured to the frame work 11 and that i it may be held by the person using the machine or by the manicurist.

' The operation is-as follows:

The finger which is indicated at 25 is placed in the rest 22 withthe nail shown at 26 immediately below the aperture in the finger shield, the machine brought to proper speed by the rheostat and then the finger moved below the shield so that the polishing wheel will operate on all portions thereof, polishing the same longitudinally or in the direction of the length of the nail.

vVhen the finger shield is not rigidly attached to the frame which supports the motor, the person using the machine will grasp the frame .of the finger shield with the hand 7 that is not being treated and move the same with respect to the'finger nail so that all parts of the latter will be polished by the wheel 15 or the manicurist who is treating the nail of a customer will manipulate the said frame in like manner. v

It will be understood that the finger rest is shown attached to the base of the finger shield merely for convenience of illustra-' tion, and that the same may be secured to any suitable fixed support. It will be understood also that various modifications mayv i be made in the particular apparatus shown and described without departing from the principle of my invention as set forth in the appended claims. 1 i I Having thus described an illustrative embodimentv of my invention without however limiting the same thereto, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A finger nail polishing machine comprising in combination a polishing wheel,

a motor for actuating said wheel and an 'apertured finger shield arranged to be interposed between said wheel and the finger the nail of which is to be treated whereby the wheel may act through said aperture.

2. A fingernail polishing machine comprising in combination, a polishing wheel, a motor for actuating sa d wheel, a finger rest d sposed'm proxlmit-y to sand wheel, and an apertured finger shield interposed between said rest and said wheel with its aperture above the rest. 7

8. In a finger nail polishingmaehine, a

, finger shield comprising a sheet of material provided with an aperture approximately in size and shape a, finger nzul.

4. In a, finger nail polishing machlne, a

finger shield comprising a sheet of translucent material provided with an aperture approximating in size and shape 2!, finger EDl/VARD W. WHITEHEAD 

